I need som advice, I want to create the ditch around the fort, and want to use real water instead of costly hobby material like Vallejo water, will clay be able to hold the water or is there some sort or layer that can be applied? Or some other option?

Real water is very dodgy. It is heavy and the slightest movement will send it everywhere a flooding!Why not use Hodge Pudge? I used it on my 6 foot canal,and river scene , last year and it cost pennies instead of Pounds Sterling. i expect you will get lots of advice. BB

Well it is called MOD PODGE GLOSS LUSTRE. And as a brand name stays the same in English,Swedish or in Timbuktu Lingo!

I tend to sing a song while using it,`A Hodge Podge Podging I will go,' so sorry if there was any confusion. It has been a while since I looked at the plastic tubs of this stuff, so in mistake I called it Hodge Podge. So Gunnar was right I got it wrong. After all I recently spelt paithway with the little i imbedded as if in stone for good reason. BB

Looking good! Are there many conversions? I know about Leo's collabaration with the casualties, are there more? I can recognize some ESCI and some Airfix, but the rest? I have Airifix, ESCI, Italeri and IMEX, but the bulk seems to be other figures.

Almost all infantry, marching and charging are RSM95, 20mm metal figures. Has to be ordered from the States but are superior to most plastic figures out there. Shipping is reasonable but metal figures are more expensive than plastics but these are well worth it. They have AWI and other eras too that are equally fantastic.